Mowing-machine.



L. BERTRAND.

MOWIN G MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 22,1913.

1,155,988. Patented 001;; v5, 1915.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs BERTRAND, citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Mowing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mowing machines in which a vertically reciprocating sickle adapted to operate in conjunction with the main horizontal sickle is disposed to extend upwardly from the outer end of the main horizontal sickle bar, and the objects of my improvements are, to provide a device of this class that will operate without clogging, and that will overcome side draft in the machine when cutting tangled or lodged grass; to provide means for reducing friction between moving parts and for compensating for wear in the mechanisms that communicate reciprocating motion from the horizontal main sickle to the vertical auxiliary sickle and to provide a vertical sickle bar, having an integral bottom shoe, which vertical sickle bar may be quickly and easily attached to the main sickle bar of any ordinary. type of mowing machine. 7

A further object of my invention is to provide alternative means whereby reciprocating motion may be communicated from the horizontal to the vertical sickle without the use of one or both of the connecting rods commonly used in such devices.

I attain these objects by devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a device embodying my invention, Fig. -2 is a view in front elevation of a device embodying a modified form of my invention and Fig. 3, is a view in perspective of a detail of my invention.

In the drawings, wherein like reference numerals indicate like parts, .5 is a fragmentary portion of the horizontal sickle bar of an ordinary mowing machine which carries a sickle 6 adapted to reciprocate in the usual manner. An auxiliary vertical sickle bar 7 provided with an integral shoe 8 and adapted to carry a vertically reciprocating sickle 9 is attached to the outer end of the horizontal sickle bar.

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Application filed May.22,19'13. Serial No. 769,253.

The shoe 8 is provided with a runner 10 adapted to slide over the ground and is further provided with a slot 11 on its top side and aslot 12 on its inner side through which slots the end cutting knives of the sickles 9 and 6 respectively, reciprocate.

A connecting rod 13 having its inner end pivotally attached to the sickle 6 by means of a ball andsocket joint 14 and its outer end pivotally attached by a similar ball and socket joint 16, to the lower end of a bell crank 15 pivotally mounted on the outside surface of the upright sickle bar 7, while a similar connecting rod 17, having its lower end pivotally attached to the outwardly proj ecting end of the bell-crank 15 by means of a ball and socket joint 18 and its upper end pivotally attached to the upright sickle 9 by means of a ball and socket joint 19 transmits the reciprocatory motion of the connecting rod 13 to the sickle 9 thus causing said sickle 9 to reciprocate vertically to cut its way through tangled or lodged grass.

LOUIS BERTEAND, or snar'rnn, WASHINGTON. v

A deflecting finger 20 extending for-- warclly and upwardly from the top sickle guard of the vertical sickle bar 7 and made integral therewith prevents catching and holding grass and serves to draw the tall grass downwardly to the knives, while horizontal divide fingers'21, 21 are disposed to extend angularly rearward and inward to divide the cut grass from the uncut grass.

In'Fig. 2, I have illustrated a modified form of my invention wherein there are sub crank 25 which bell-crank 25 acting through the connecting rod 27 serves to cause the sickle 9 to reciprocate vertically.

That I claim is:

In a device of the kind described, the combination with a horizontal finger bar, of a vertical finger bar arranged at one end of the horizontal finger bar and having its lower end spaced above said horizontal bar With the balls of the ball supporting memand provided on its outer side with spaced bers. 1U ears, knife bars slidably mounted With re- In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe spect to the respective finger bars, a bell my name this 28th day of April, A. D. 1913.

crank lever having balls at its ends ful- LOUIS BERTRAND. crumed between said ears, ball supporting Witnesses:

members connected to said knife bars, and A. HAsKINs,

oifset links connecting the balls of the lever GEO. BLAIR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C." 

